The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18

Way Into History
louisville Courier-J Journal.
Soma af the ahraws have had az en-.
during a record in history as have
some Of the beauties, though owing
their fame to a very opposite quality.
Engtanu anurrance Supply n nos
prominent specimens.
Royalty first, however. fMfatthhiiiidia,
Empress and claimant against King
Stephen for the crown OF England, has
left a fair claim to a masterfnl tenn
permanent. Queen Elizabeth, great as
she was, exhibits herself in some Of
her letters and actions, as when
she boxed Essex's ears. as a right
royal shrew. So was Catherine de
Meaiei Sc saphatieallp @aa Chris
tina OF Sweden, who caused her
chamberlain, Monaldeschi, in the right
OF her prerOgatiye. to he stranSled in
q palace Of the King of France. So
was Catherine of Russia q shrew, who
had absolute power to back up her
s~hrewishness.
In Henry Wills reign Lady More,
wife OF the great and good Sir Thorn
as, stands out as a very definite
shTew who ruled her husband and
children alike with much austerity.
But she does not, though she liked her
own way. appear, so far as we can see
in any way. to come up to Lady Coke,
in James rs reign. This lady drove
her husband, the terrible chief Justice
(of whom James himself said: "Nay,
mon. if Coke sendsf for me / must go"l,
nearly frantic. The subject was their
daughters marriage. Lady Coke was
a furious, indefatigable. resolute, and
most accomplished scold.
Now for q French one little known
to English readers in general. She
was Nine. de Vervins, who in the sew
enteenth century was q fine specimen
Of the species. She told her servants
to kill those of a lady, whom her
lackeys insulted for venturing
to defend their mistress. She
bullied her husband incessantly, and
on one occasion In q quarrel used her
riding whip as az argument. She ha-
bitually beat her servants violently.
She scolded her acquaintance for the
least difference ofopinion, unfavorable
criticism or most minute slight offer
ed to her or fancied by her, and plot
ted their assassination ifthey opposed
her imperions and arbitrary nature.
Another woman OF the same type,
whe loved to play the sstAsSEs==sSa 4: \ 5Sasst5
iic, and especially at balls and par
ties, was Nine. d'0rgeval. She lived
in the same time as Nine. dTervius.
Nine. d'Orgeval gave great entertain-
ments, but she and her daughter, ac-
cording to French memoirs, chiefly
loved doing insolent things in q polite
manner. On all occasions Mime. dor
gevaPs temper was furious if any lady
danced better or oftener than her
daughter. In one Instance of this she
told the lady who offended her that If
she continued dancing she would stop
the ball. She bullied her guests with
vigor, and demanded her W way III
everything,
Returning to England, our gallery
Of portraits must not omit Sarah,
first Duchess of Marlborough, whose
violent temper made her generally
AAOANSAs 6nG n1Q LAlc kOOQ QudllbY
OF loving her husband, the famous gem
eral, and thinking him heforemost OF
men. But to everyone else she could
be a shrew on occasion. Poor Queen
Anne was afraid of her. She bulied
her as if she was a nobody. And in
the Ms. room of the British museum
much contemporaryiligh is thrown
on this subject by a remarkable letter
to be seen there, written at the time,
and describing an order sent to the
duke and duchess to give up their in
sigma ofofiee without notice. and tell
ing the latter that she was not to
come to the Queen, who, no doubt,
Wtss afraid of her. This was at the
time when her enemies intrigues lied
by her cousin. Miss Mashan, whom
she had placed at court in her inter
est were successful.